"Chestnut St. Bridge, Newton Upper Falls, Newton, Mass."
Manufacturer: ANC New York
Manufacturer's No.: 7355
Publisher: New England News Co.
Village: Upper Falls
Filed: Charles River - Norumbega Park
Keywords: Bridges / Aqueducts / Dams, Rivers / Brooks
The Card shows:
Colored lithograph of photographic view of the bridge and the Charles from a vantage point at midstream. The river fills the foreground, with the bridge beyond, and a white building on the street at the extreme left.
The complete publisher's credit runs vertically up the left side of the undivided card back: "7355 Published by The New England News Company, Boston Mass., Leipzig, Dresden." The ANC Poly-Chrome trademark and cloverleaf logotype appears in the upper left corner.
The card was postmarked from Newport, R. I., on a year that is unfortunately not visible, and addressed to Miss Lorrie (?) Starratt, The Misses Shipleys' School, Bryn Mawr, Pa. The message on the front is a trial to decipher, but may read something like, "Dear Lori, Mrs. Hunter is on her way home. The bank arrived safely. Thank you. Lilly will be here tomorrow (Sat.) in the P.M. with Mr. B. . . "
The card is in good condition, with some corner wear and ink ruboff. Publication date is set at about 1905 on the evidence of other cards from this manufacturer and publisher.
Postcard type: Undivided Back
Estimated Date of Publication: About 1905